Edwin meeker



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Letters Patent No. 69,7827.; daad october 15, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFAGTURB OF CARRIAGE-CLIPS.

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Be it known' that I, EDWIN MEEKER, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of 'Carriage-Clips; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and `use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved moulds for forming carriage-clips.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view ofthe same, and i Figure 3 is a plan View of the clip.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of carriage and coach-clips. These clips are used to scc-ure the wagon-springs to the axle and to the bodies of' coaches and carriages.

B is the upper clip usedto fasten the spring to the wagon-axle. It is made in the shape of two plates a. a, connected by a yoke or bar, b, and is provided with arms c c, towhich the braces are secured as usual. To form these clips by hand is not-only a tedious work, but also one which cannot be done very accurately. The formingof the same by machinery will not onlymake them much cheaper, but also of more uniform size and shape. The clips are formed from suitable bar-iron, either by hand or by a succession of dies, into the rough shape nearest resembling their final appearance. They are then placed into dies G, which have recesses for the reception of the-yoke b, and also the transverse recesses e for the reception of the plates a a, (thelatter being shown in iig. 2.) Recesses for forming the arms c c are also provided, extending the entire length of the die. The upper or male dies D have projectionsffor forming the yoke in the recess d, as shown in fig.1. When the prepared blank is placed into the lower die C, the upper die is forced down, and shapes the yoke in the recess d by the blockf.4 The remaining portion of the upper die spreads the plates afa and arms c cinto the required form, as` shown in fig. 3. If desired, the recesses for the plates a a and arms c c may be formed partially in each of the dies C D.

I do not claim anything in the form or shape ofthe clips, nor anything inY their arrangement or construe tion, but I do claui as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Dies C and D. having recesses d land e, and projecting punche'sf, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

- EDWIN MEEKER.

Witnesses;

F. G. BOTTNER, JOSHUA Loan. 

